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Wood-cement construction block

A wood-cement construction block using chips from trees cultivated for soil phytoremediation at a former industrial site in France.

Product details

Application area
Construction
Product type
Materials & composites
Specific feedstock
Wood chips from poplar, willow and black locust trees used in soil phytoremediation
Feedstock type
Dedicated crops
Lignin & wood residues
Programme
CBE JU
Related projects

About

The FIBSUN project has developed a construction block combining cement with wood chips from poplar, willow and black locust trees.

The trees were cultivated as part of soil phytoremediation activities at a former industrial site in Pont-de-Claix, France. The product gives this biomass an additional use in construction materials.

Key benefits

  • Creates an application for biomass generated through phytoremediation
  • Incorporates renewable material into construction products
  • Connects land restoration with material production

Application

  • Construction blocks
  • Bio-concrete products